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Working Bayesian Mail Filter

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stuff-to-play-with dept.

zonker writes "A real, working honest to god Bayesian spam filter. I've been waiting for something like this for a while (since I first read Paul Graham's research paper on this very topic a few weeks ago). Well here's POPFile, a small but extremely effective Perl script that runs on just about any system Perl does. After just a little training was I able to get very effective filtering out of it. From what I understand the new email client that comes with OS X Jaguar has a feature similar to this, but I don't know if it is true Bayesian. Hopefully this kind of feature will become more prevalant in client software as I see the Google results for it are growing."

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  1. True "Bayesian" and do I care? by Dog+and+Pony · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    From what I understand the new email client that comes with OS X Jaguar has a feature similar to this, but I don't know if it is true Bayesian.

    Who cares? Whatever works best should be used, not the one with the coolest name or whitepaper, right?

  2. Python Port Needed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I will not touch a Perl program because Larry Wall has become a delusional fruit loop.